I'm hoping someone with more knowledge in Uni admissions may be able to help us please? Sorry it may be longwinded to explain!
DS took a year out after his A Levels and has applied for Uni to start this September. His predicted grades were BBC and his mocks in Dec 2021 were ABC so all was well that he would get his grades. All previous mocks over the 2 years were also along similar lines.
Some stuff happened that year and unfortunately he ended up getting CDD. He didn't apply to go to Uni and took a year off working, travelling and getting his head together. He applied this year knowing his grades would be an issue, but explained the predicted versus actual grades in his personal statement and what he had been doing to turn things around over the past few months. The courses he applied to required him to have 112 and 120 points (below predicted but above actual results - 80). He also applied for a HND to degree option at one Uni and course with a foundation year that did meet the points criteria he had as a back up at each if his chosen Unis.
He is delighted to have got conditional offers in ALL 5 courses! But... one of the courses has provided a conditional offer which relies on him having 104 points, which his application makes clear he doesn't have. Does that mean that the offer actually isn't genuine, or is it a standard email and they already know he won't meet the requirements? We are struggling to get hold of admissions and the student accommodation is disappearing before our eyes online, so don't want to waste time if it's not a 'real achievable' offer.
Thank you in advance for any advice